Planners Weigh In on the Best Meeting Destinations

The Watkins Research Group asked more than 800 planners to rate destinations based on eight “key attributes,” including hotels, accessibility, convention services and facilities, and having a “superior” CVB or DMO. Here's what they said.

Most Improved

Here are the destinations where scores rose the most since the last survey in 2012. They bear watching as they strategically maneuver to attain/retain the attributes of the overall experience that planners find the most appealing.

SOURCE: Based on the Watkins Report of the 2014 survey of meeting planners. The copyrighted full report is made available via subscription only to bona fide CVBs or DMOs for use within their own organizations for strategic planning and marketing. For information on obtaining a copy of the 2014 report or being a co-sponsor of the next survey and report, contact Curt@WatkinsResearchGroup.com.